10 months old!

Okay... so technically they were 10 months last week.
Every day brings something new and it's awesome to watch them grow! It is hard to believe it has been almost a year. We're even starting to think/plan their birthday party! This time last year I was chillin' at home primarily playing video games and sleeping. How times have changed!

Alex:
Still only has 2 teeth, but looking at his bed you'd think whatever teeth he has must be razor sharp! He has been chewing the finishing off the railings. When it's bed time, he typically takes some time to stop playing and fall asleep. Besides chewing on his bed, he's also learned how to turn the ceiling fan off and on (since the light switch is within reach of his bed). At first I didn't think he realized what it controlled, but today I saw him switch it off and turn around to watch the fan slow down!

Within the last couple of days he has started standing on his own. He might be standing at the book case or his activity center and just let go. He will walk if you help him and the other day he even was walking with only one finger of mine for support. It won't be long now...

He enjoys squeezing in behind things or in between the activity centers or toys and then laughs that he was able to get in there. And we've found out the bouncy seats don't exactly contain him any longer. While watching some baby Einstein during baths this week, I came into the room to find him standing at the coffee table - buckled into his bouncy seat in the air behind him.
Logan:
Still no teeth.

Logan's bed is closest to the windows, which means he is within reach of the blinds. Good thing they are not expensive blinds. Catch 22 - raise the blinds so he can't play with them, which lets more light in, which keeps him awake. Put the blinds down so he can get some sleep and he can entertain himself by playing with the blinds until he's out.

He's a climber. He has tried to climb up the gates. He loves it when Adam brings out all the couch pillows to create a pillow mountain. We have been letting them experiment with the stairs (under supervision) and it didn't take long for him to figure out how to get up multiple stairs. Getting down without falling is still problematic. He even tried to scale the bathtub tonight to get into his bath!

Nick:
Finally has his first tooth - on the bottom. It has just started popping out this week.

Loves to talk when he gets excited or upset. The words aren't real intelligible, but it sounds more like he's swearing at you in a foreign language. Seriously - I'm not sure if I'm supposed to be excited or scared!

Nick also enjoys the pillow mountain, although he's not as interested in climbing it as Logan is. He enjoys just laying his head on the pillows and cuddling up for a nap - that's my baby! He also likes to go up the stairs. He is very fast at getting up on the first step (basically a landing of sorts) and was one of the first ones to figure out how to get up the other steps.

And then there's the outdoors. They have gone outside a couple of times the last week and "played in the grass." This is some of the first time they've been in the grass. Usually when they're outside, it's to go for walks in the stroller. Basically, we've found the one and only thing so far that can truly contain them. All three of them HATE the grass! We put them on a blanket and they crawl like they are going to roam free... until they get to the edge. A little hand reaches over the edge of the blanket to keep crawling and it is withdrawn immediately! If you put him in the grass, without the blanket, he will attempt to hold his legs up so they don't touch the grass, or he won't move at all so that he doesn't have to touch any more of it. It's hilarious to see all three of them confined on a blanket - voluntarily!"
I updated the picture show on the blog with new pics... enjoy!